BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS

I finally became settled enough to begin quilting again. It's been a long time between preparing for, being on, and recovering from, the trip. I decided I wanted to make a portrait. The only objective that I had was to get the shadows and highlights semi-correct, so that it actually looks like a person. And, Oh, did I mention that I wanted to do it in red and yellow? I just really wanted that, well, because, that's why! I am no where near done, but here it is so far...Don't you just hate that it is so hard for the camera to capture a quilt's true dimension? I hate the way the quilt looks in the photo, but I do like it in person. Weird.

It's nice to be back on the beach again, too, and I decided that just because I was outside didn't mean I couldn't be artsy...

Mom got some special tools for sand castle making, so we gave it a whirl.

It finally started looking like a castle when a wave reached it. So we abandoned the project, but learned alot for next time!